Fieldwork Projects
SOAG has actively been engaged in fieldwork for many years from the excavation of paleolithic flints
by the Thames to recording Cold War architecture. Projects can involve anything from simple excavation
with a trowel to fieldwalking and landscape surveys using the latest geophysical techniques.
Our projects welcome both those who are new to archaeology and those with many years experience.
Roman Villa Excavation
Started in 1993, the excavation of the 3rd - 4th century villa is SOAG's longest running fieldwork project.
The project is run by experienced archaeologists and volunteers, participating in field walking, geophysical surveys, excavation and post-excavation work.
Beginners as well as experienced archaeologists are welcome.
See our dig guide and other villa pages for more details.
If you would like to take part or need any more information please contact
Hazel at villa@soagarch.org.uk.
| June - October 2009 | Most Sundays from 10.30am to 4pm. |
Bightwell Baldwin Community History and Archaeology Project (BBCHAP)
BBCHAP is a community based project being run in association with the South Oxfordshire
Archaeological Group (SOAG). It is a long term research project, centred on the parish of Brightwell Baldwin but
extending into the surrounding parishes.
See our BBCHAP project pages for more information or contact
Ian at bbchap@soagarch.org.uk.
| 14 April - mid May 2009 | Geophysics in the south end of Brightwell Park | 29 June - 11 July 2009 | Excavation on the supposed manor house site in Brightwell Park |
Search for the Lost Church of Bix Gibwyn
Operating on behalf of the Victoria County History Oxfordshire survey, SOAG is investigating the Medieval manorial centres at Bix Gibwyn and Bix Brand, in particular looking for evidence of the lost parish church of Bix Gibwyn.
See our Bix Gibwyn project pages for more information or contact
David at bix@soagarch.org.uk.
| 22 - 30 June 2009 | Detailed geophysics survey using GPR and magnetometry |
Ancient Mound
A SOAG member spotted the mound in a Chilterns field in his youth in the early 1950s and discovered that it had been neither recorded nor studied. Personally convinced that it dated from the Bronze Age, starting in 2007 he organised a variety of geophysical and mapping surveys of the site in which many SOAG members have been involved.
See our Ancient Mound project pages for more information contact
David at mound@soagarch.org.uk.
| 30 May - 4 June 2009 | Magnetometry survey |
| 17 June 2009 | GPR survey |
| June 2009 (date to be decided) | Resisitivity survey |
| July 2009 (date to be decided) | Auguring |
Over the years SOAG has worked with many groups including professional archaeology units, VCH, Reading University, The National Trust and other local groups investigating South Oxfordshire's past. You will find many references to the work carried out by SOAG in a variety of journals and publications.